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Approved by: Walk Like Rihanna 4 WALL – 64 COUNTS – INTERMEDIATE

CALLING TEPS CTUAL OOTWORK DIRECTION S A F SUGGESTION Section 1 Right & Left Apart, & Step, Step, Forward Rock, Shuffle 1/2 Turn 1 – 2 Step right forward and out. Step left forward and out. Out Out Forward & 3 – 4 Step ball of right back. Step left beside right. Step right forward. Back Step Step 5 – 6 Rock forward on left. Recover onto right. Rock Forward On the spot 7 & 8 Shuffle step 1/2 turn left, stepping - left, right, left. (6:00) Shuffle Half Turning left

Section 2 1/2 Turn, Back, Coaster Step, Walk x 2, Forward Shuffle 1 – 2 Turning 1/2 left step right back. Step left back. (12:00) Half Turn Turning left 3 & 4 Step right back. Step left beside right. Step right forward. Coaster Step On the spot 5 – 6 Step left forward. Step right forward. (Walk like Rihanna) Walk Walk Forward 7 & 8 Step left forward. Close right beside left. Step left forward. Left Shuffle

Section 3 Side, Back Rock, Ball Cross, Side, Back Rock, Ball Cross 1 – 3 Step right to side. Rock back on left (angling body to left diagonal). Recover onto right. Side Rock Back Right & 4 Step left to side. Cross right over left. Ball Cross Left 5 (Squaring to front wall) step left to left side. Side 6 – 7 Rock back on right (angling body to right diagonal). Recover onto left. Rock Back On the spot & 8 Step right to side. Cross left over right (squaring to wall). Ball Cross Right

Section 4 1/4 Turn, 1/2 Turn, Step, Pivot 1/2, Walk x 2, Kick Ball Step 1 – 2 Turning 1/4 left step right back. Turning 1/2 left step left forward. Quarter Half Turning left 3 – 4 Step right forward. Pivot 1/2 turn left. (9:00) Step Pivot 5 – 6 Step right forward. Step left forward. (Walk like Rihanna) Walk Walk Forward 7 & 8 Kick right forward. Step right back. Step left forward. Kick Ball Step Restart Wall 2: Start the dance again (facing 6:00).

Section 5 Syncopated Cross Rock x 2, Cross, Side, Behind Side Cross 1 – 2 & Cross rock right over left. Recover onto left. Step right to side. Cross Rock Side On the spot 3 – 4 & Cross rock left over right. Recover onto right. Step left to side. Cross Rock Side 5 – 6 Cross right over left. Step left to side. Cross Side Left 7 & 8 Cross right behind left. Step left to side. Cross right over left. Behind Side Cross

Section 6 Touch, Hold, & Step, Pivot 1/4, Walk x 2, Step, Pivot 1/4 1 – 2 & Touch left to side. Hold. Step left beside right. Touch Hold & On the spot 3 – 4 Step right forward. Pivot 1/4 turn left. (6:00) Step Pivot Turning left 5 – 6 Step right forward. Step left forward. (Walk like Rihanna) Walk Walk Forward 7 – 8 Step right forward. Pivot 1/4 turn left. (3:00) Walk Walk Step Pivot

Section 7 Cross, Side, Behind Side Cross, Side, Coaster Step, Step 1 – 2 Cross right over left. Step left to side. Cross Side Left 3 & 4 – 5 Cross right behind left. Step left to side. Cross right over left. Step left to side. Behind Side Cross Side 6 & 7 – 8 Step right back. Step left beside right. Step right forward. Step left forward. Coaster Step Step On the spot

Section 8 Step, Pivot 1/2, Forward Shuffle, Forward Rock, Coaster Step 1 – 2 Step right forward. Pivot 1/2 turn left. (9:00) Step Pivot Turning left 3 & 4 Step right forward. Close left beside right. Step right forward. Right Shuffle Forward 5 – 6 Rock forward on left. Recover onto right. (Rock like Rihanna) Rock Forward On the spot 7 & 8 Step left back. Step right beside left. Step left forward. Coaster Step

Ending Dance to Count 6 of Section 6, then: Walk forward - right, left, right (walk like Rihanna) and strike a pose on third step!

Choreographed by: Alison Biggs & Peter Metelnick (UK) May 2013 A video clip of this Choreographed to: ‘Walks Like Rihanna’ by The Wanted (126 bpm) from CD Single; dance is available at download available from amazon or iTunes www.linedancermagazine.com (16 count intro - start on verse vocal) Restart: One Restart, during Wall 2

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